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r/science • u/Miserable_Phase_2519 • 5d ago

Medicine A new study suggests that the emotional distress experienced when tapering off or stopping antidepressants is generally a sign of pharmacological withdrawal rather than a relapse of the underlying mental health condition.

psypost.org

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r/science • u/mvea • 1d ago

Medicine MIT used AI to develop new recipe for mRNA vaccines so they no longer need freezers and can sit at room temp for a full year or survive about 100F heat for two months which could finally let these vaccines reach poor countries without cold storage and even work as easy skin patches instead of shots.

news.mit.edu

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r/science • u/mvea • Aug 26 '26

Medicine Experimental Drug Makes Obese Mice Burn Fat Without Losing Muscle - Or Eating Less. It produced an average weight loss of 18% in obese male mice over 4 weeks, without changing how much the animals ate. Most of the loss came from body fat, while muscle and lean tissues were largely preserved.

sciencealert.com

11.2k Upvotes

736 comments

r/science • u/Co_OpQuestions • May 25 '26

Medicine Abortion bans in 14 states lead to 9.2% increase in pregnancy-associated deaths of women.

ajph.aphapublications.org

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r/science • u/mvea • Jun 29 '26

Medicine Fatal rabies in a child: 11-year old boy was woken up by a bat on his nose and mouth in Ontario. He swatted the bat off his face and had no visible lesions so family did not seek medical help. 19 days later he developed rabies symptoms. He was given supportive care and died 17 days after admission.

cmaj.ca

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r/science • u/mvea • May 19 '26

Medicine Last September, President Donald Trump, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, and other health officials declared they had uncovered a new treatment for autism spectrum disorder (ASD): leucovorin. A new study shows that plenty of families believed them, despite the lack of data supporting the drug’s effectiveness.

gizmodo.com

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r/science • u/mvea • 4d ago

Medicine Doctors noticed brain injuries can speed bone healing. Scientists flipped it: squeezing a shinbone after brain injury helped mice and pigs survive more, move better and remember more. Pressure-sensing bone cells released protective signals into the blood that reduced brain damage.

sciencealert.com

17.9k Upvotes

298 comments

r/science • u/mvea • Apr 29 '26

Medicine Knee surgery for cartilage damage does not benefit patients, study suggests. People with meniscus tears who underwent surgery had poorer knee function and worse osteoarthritis after 10 years than those who did not.

theguardian.com

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986 comments

r/science • u/mvea • Jul 01 '26

Medicine Billions of doses later: Global review confirms mRNA vaccines are safe, effective and full of promise. Comprehensive review brings together global evidence to strengthen public trust and counter misinformation as mRNA vaccines expand to prevent and treat more diseases.

news.ubc.ca

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510 comments

r/science • u/wordsappearing • Jun 03 '26

Medicine Case report: transient return of speech and continence in advanced dementia patient after 5g psilocybin mushrooms

psychedelics.co.uk

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622 comments

r/science • u/kiyomoris • Aug 14 '26

Medicine Semaglutide linked to 26% lower 5-year predicted dementia risk

alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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632 comments

r/science • u/mvea • 17d ago

Medicine The Trump administration's proposed new 'Most-Favoured-Nation' Medicare pricing policies could reshape global pharmaceutical markets, potentially driving up prices and delaying medicine launches worldwide, new study in The Lancet suggests.

eurekalert.org

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525 comments

r/science • u/mvea • 7d ago

Medicine The reduced risk of heart disease seen in people who are overweight or have obesity taking the weight loss drug semaglutide may not be due to a drop in weight alone. Results suggest that semaglutide should be considered as a cardiovascular disease reduction drug and not just as a weight loss drug.

ed.ac.uk

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349 comments

r/science • u/FreeHugs23 • 25d ago

Medicine Arthritis drug restores up to 100% of hair growth in patients with severe alopecia, with researchers reporting significant regrowth in many participants and new hope for treating autoimmune hair loss.

sciencealert.com

13.3k Upvotes

257 comments

r/science • u/mvea • Nov 14 '25

Medicine A healthy 47-year old New Jersey man was found dead after eating a hamburger at a barbecue. Cause of death was ruled "sudden unexplained death," after an autopsy was inconclusive. He was later confirmed as the first documented fatality from alpha-gal syndrome, a meat allergy triggered by tick bites.

cidrap.umn.edu

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r/science • u/mvea • Jun 30 '26

Medicine Scientists have shown that a single dose injection of DNA genetic instructions can produce weight loss and blood glucose control in mouse models that lasts up to 10 times as long as weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. This could eliminate the need for repeated dosing.

wistar.org

10.7k Upvotes

409 comments

r/science • u/mvea • 15d ago

Medicine Immunization to prevent RSV in infants reduced ICU admissions by 97%. This is offered free to all infants through universal programs in Ontario and Quebec.

ucalgary.ca

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200 comments

r/science • u/MurphysLab • 21d ago

Medicine Girls born to mothers who took acetaminophen (paracetamol) during pregnancy exhibited smaller uteri (−13%) & ovaries (−40%), fewer ovarian follicles (−23%), and lower levels of anti-Müllerian hormone, which could affect fertility later in life. This replicates an outcome observed in animal studies.

ctvnews.ca

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324 comments

r/science • u/mvea • Jul 13 '26

Medicine Scientists develop a groundbreaking vaccine that outsmarts illicit fentanyl analogs. The novel vaccine candidate can protect against fentanyl and its many illicit variants by training the immune system to recognize a broad molecular signature rather than a single specific structure.

psypost.org

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314 comments

r/science • u/mvea • Feb 01 '26

Medicine New research shows that after body’s defenses kill virus behind COVID-19, leftover digested chunks of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein can target specific immune cells based on their shape. “Zombie” coronavirus fragments can imitate activity of molecules from body’s own immune system to drive inflammation.

newsroom.ucla.edu

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557 comments

r/science • u/mvea • Aug 17 '26

Medicine Doctors Found 4 Autoimmune Diseases in One Woman at One Time: 40-year-old woman in China was already diagnosed with 3 - ulcerative colitis, autoimmune hepatitis and primary sclerosing cholangitis. She presented with severe iron deficiency and was also found to have a 4th - autoimmune gastritis.

sciencealert.com

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252 comments

r/science • u/mvea • May 19 '26

Medicine US state-level abortion bans are associated with a reduction in evidence-based medical care for miscarriage management. This means more women were forced to carry pregnancies that weren’t viable, potentially putting their health and fertility at risk and prolonging the grief of a lost pregnancy.

news.ohsu.edu

13.0k Upvotes

292 comments

r/science • u/New_Scientist_Mag • Nov 04 '25

Medicine Researchers have developed a gel that uses chemicals found in saliva to repair and regenerate tooth enamel

newscientist.com

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663 comments

r/science • u/mvea • May 07 '26

Medicine Scientists use ultrasound to destroy influenza A and COVID-19 viruses without damaging human cells. The phenomenon, known as acoustic resonance, causes structural changes in viral particles until they rupture and become inactivated. It paves the way for new treatments against other viral infections.

agencia.fapesp.br

13.6k Upvotes

298 comments

r/science • u/Hrmbee • Feb 12 '26

Medicine Blood clotting associated with both Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca COVID vaccines had a genetic cause, according to a new paper | Adenoviral Inciting Antigen and Somatic Hypermutation in VITT

theatlantic.com

11.8k Upvotes

437 comments